diff --git a/litellm/proxy/image_endpoints/endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/image_endpoints/endpoints.py
index c6b7e3d5468..4dc147b6687 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/image_endpoints/endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/image_endpoints/endpoints.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import asyncio
 import io
 from collections.abc import Sequence
+from itertools import chain
+from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Final, get_type_hints
 
 import orjson
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ from litellm.types.llms.openai import ChatCompletionUserMessage
 router: Final = APIRouter()
 
 IMAGE_EDIT_NUMERIC_FORM_FIELDS: Final = numeric_form_fields(get_type_hints(ImageEditRequestParams))
+IMAGE_EDIT_OPTIONAL_FIELD_DEFAULTS: Final = MappingProxyType({"prompt": None, "image": None})
 
 IMAGE_ARRAY_FIELD: Final = "image[]"
 MASK_ARRAY_FIELD: Final = "mask[]"
@@ -299,9 +302,9 @@ async def image_edit_api(
         numeric_fields=IMAGE_EDIT_NUMERIC_FORM_FIELDS,
     )
     data: Final = {
-        "prompt": None,
-        "image": None,
-        **{key: value for key, value in form_fields.items() if key not in BRACKETED_FILE_FIELDS},
+        key: value
+        for key, value in chain(IMAGE_EDIT_OPTIONAL_FIELD_DEFAULTS.items(), form_fields.items())
+        if key not in BRACKETED_FILE_FIELDS
     }
     image_files: Final = await batch_to_bytesio(image)
     mask_files: Final = await batch_to_bytesio(mask)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/batches_endpoints/test_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/batches_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
index 2d597abf3b8..f2422d4d22e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/batches_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/batches_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ def _raw_batches_request(body: Dict[str, Any]) -> MagicMock:
     request.url.__str__.return_value = "http://localhost/v1/batches"
     request.url.path = "/v1/batches"
     request.method = "POST"
+    request.scope = {"type": "http", "path": "/v1/batches", "method": "POST"}
     request.query_params = {}
     request.headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
     request.client = MagicMock()
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/google_endpoints/test_google_endpoint_routing.py b/tests/unit/proxy/google_endpoints/test_google_endpoint_routing.py
index 3dcfede92ea..b19678ffb59 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/google_endpoints/test_google_endpoint_routing.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/google_endpoints/test_google_endpoint_routing.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def mock_request(request):
     mock_req.headers = Headers({"content-type": "application/json"})
     mock_req.method = "POST"
     mock_req.url.path = request.param.get("path")
+    mock_req.scope = {"type": "http", "path": request.param.get("path"), "method": "POST"}
 
     async def mock_body():
         return json.dumps(request.param.get("payload", {})).encode("utf-8")